MAC OS X Problems

[Yves COPPE]

Le mercredi, 9 juil 2003, à 12:19 Europe/Brussels, Klaus Major a écrit :

>> Hello Klaus
>>
>> Yes there is a problem
>
> I knew it wouldn't be that easy... ;-)
>
>> when I use a path as
>>
>> "/users/<myname>/aaaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/ééé/fff/<folderName>"
>>
>> it doesn't work
>>
>> seems that the path is too long
>
> It's not the long path, it's the diacriticals in the name of the ééé 
> folder.
>
> Work with longer paths if there are no diacriticals...
>
>> all the previous folders do exist : 
>> "/users/<myname>/aaaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/ééé/fff
>>
>> but if I add the <foldername> with diacriticals, doesn't work...
>> when I use
>
> I did some tests and it will work, but only if the path does not 
> contain diacriticals.
> They may appear in the "foldername", but not in the path...
>
> This worked here:
>
> get shell("mkdir" && $HOME & "/aaaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee/fff/répétition")
>
>
> This didn't:
>
> get shell("mkdir" && $HOME & "/aaaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/ééé/fff/répétition")
>
> Same error as in your example...
>
>> get shell(....)
>> answer it
>>
>> it = a message in 3 lines: folder doesn't exist...
>> try and let me know....
>> thanks.
>
> This is strange indeed, but as Scott pointed out it's Apples fault and 
> they are
> going to workaround this in the next version/update...
>
> Until then you really might have to use AppleScript...
>
> I am rather unexperienced in AS so i leave this problem to another 
> helpful soul ;-)
>
>> Greetings.
>>
>> Yves COPPE
>> yvescoppe at skynet.be
>
> Regards
>


So I ask asap an applescript user to write a command for me
because I see the heart infarct coming soon...


Greetings.
Yves COPPE

yvescoppe at skynet.be